Tabletop game ideas

Saw the first two board games get added and got inspired to make a list of cool games to have:

  • Hangman
  • Tic-Tac-Toe
  • Checkers
  • Four in a Row
  • Go
  • Shogi
  • Chinese Checkers
  • Dungeons and Dragons
  • GURPS
  • Secret Hitler
  • One Night Ultimate Werewolf
  • Uno
  • 52 deck of cards
  • Cards Against Humanity
  • Exploding Kittens
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Decks of cards will definitely be added in the future. Many games you suggested are trademarked, and therefore wouldnā€™t be implmented directly, but we were planning on a Uno spinoff. Go and (Chinese) checkers should be trivial to add.

Regarding Dungeons and Dragons, I was thinking about 1 page RPGs (example: Lasers and Feelings). These often have licenses compatible with our game, often allowing to be directly used or modified as long as the original author is acknowledged. These games would fit the SS13/SS14 round format better, as they take little setup, and it would not be a massive loss if you get blown up while playing (unlike DnD).

Hangman, Tic-Tac-Toe and other drawing games would probably be better if we had some kind of ā€œpaper and pensā€ implemented, and then players can just play them on the go (assuming we can trust players with drawing stuff :neutral_face:).

Dunno about Four in a Row, would require quite some extra coding and spriting to fit the top down perspective is difficult, but I suppose it could be done.

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On 10/9/2021 at 12:18 PM, Victorious said:

 

  • GURPS

While GURPS is free to use donā€™t you think itā€™ll be a little odd playing a role-playing game while playing a role-playing game?

On 10/18/2021 at 4:57 AM, Pipopo said:

While GURPS is free to use donā€™t you think itā€™ll be a little odd playing a role-playing game while playing a role-playing game?

It might be odd, but that doesnā€™t mean its a bad idea.

Maze rats or knave would work better as RPGs. Tiny bit of depth, but not that much and can be added with reusable, refillable character sheets. As well as the rules modified a bit not to cause trouble.

Hell, i already ran maze rats a couple of times in game.

On 10/9/2021 at 12:18 PM, Victorious said:

Saw the first two board games get added and got inspired to make a list of cool games to have:

  • Hangman
  • Tic-Tac-Toe
  • Checkers
  • Four in a Row
  • Go
  • Shogi
  • Chinese Checkers
  • Dungeons and Dragons
  • GURPS
  • Secret Hitler
  • One Night Ultimate Werewolf
  • Uno
  • 52 deck of cards
  • Cards Against Humanity
  • Exploding Kittens

I think implementing some of these 1:1 would violate copyright lol. How would you even play Secret Hitler? Iā€™m sure it could be done, but it would probably be a lot to implement coherently.

 

My favorite simple card game is ā€˜Heartsā€™, I think that would be a lot of fun. Maybe poker if this game ever ends up having currency.

On 10/9/2021 at 12:18 PM, Victorious said:

Hangman

This would make for an interesting late night game where you and the entire bar play some good olā€™ Hangman.

 

On 10/9/2021 at 12:18 PM, Victorious said:

Uno

This I feel will make people have a lot of fun, being able to let the game decide by random chance, of course it would have to be some knockoff NT brand of UNO since its a company if i recall

Love that you mentioned Cards Against Humanity and Exploding Kittens. Iā€™ve had some wild nights with those games ā€“ especially when people go rogue with their humor in CAH!

Deck of cards! I canā€™t wait this makes my casino rp better no more black jack on a D12 hooray!

Iā€™ve tried Exploding Kittens too, but I found it more fun when the group is in a chaotic mood. If youā€™re into mixing things up a bit, have you ever tried games that use a d10 roller ? I stumbled across this when playing an RPG with friends, and we ended up rolling a d10 online for a quick twist in our gameplay. It was surprisingly easy with a virtual dice! Iā€™m pretty new to the forum, but if youā€™re into adding a bit of randomness to game nights, give it a go! What other games do you enjoy?